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    Complete Contents of Turn Key Manual Shop for sale in Northern Maine

    COMPLETE TURN KEY FULL MACHINE SHOP EQUIPMENT Putting this out there to see what I get for interest. This is for the entire contents of my machine shop business. Every machine, every tool down to the last socket. This Machine Shop was featured on the Practical Machinist YouTube Channel and...
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    I rescued a very old SIPP drill press from a closed down paper mill....

    The table on the machine is fantastic! Ive put it under power and used it now. It works really well. I think at some point I’ll need to go through everything, but its amazing that it works decent right out of the scrap pile!
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    I rescued a very old SIPP drill press from a closed down paper mill....

    I picked up a very old drill press made by a company called SIPP. I saved it from the scrap yard after it came out of a closed paper mill near Dover, Maine. It is an extremely handy rig, with a full knee and an additional 10” travel where the quill mounts to the column. This is a very old school...
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles lol… obviously you’ve never worked in a forest products mill… I’ve been in this trade since 1999 and there’s plenty of professional work settings miserably under tooled This method has saved more than one...
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    In some cases, yes, but that’s not always an option, nor is it the intended purpose of this particular option to discuss all other possibilities
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles Just yesterday a guy was struggling to duplicate this pattern because of its irregular spacing and was attempting to use this contact paper to do it. No one is suggesting this is the *best* method for a...
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    One thing is for sure, you’re quite talented at building straw men. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    Maybe next time. I thought of this way because a younger guy had asked on one of the forums about if this would work for him.
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    Alternative "No Math Required" solution for duplicating simple bolt cirles

    This may be helpful for the newer machinists.... I was recently machining a backing plate for my 922 Logan and had to put the bolt circle on it to match the 4 jaw chuck I wanted to mount. I decided to use a "no math" method of finding simple bolt circles and thought I would share it here...
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    Chinese Cast Iron extremely dirty, even by C.I. Standards

    Let’s talk about Chinese cast iron…. Has anyone else found import C.I. to be ridiculously dirty? It has a lot of dust. Far more than any vintage USA Cast Iron if you’ve machined a lot of that. I was standing 20ft or so away from one of my lathes today, setting up something on my Bridgeport...
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    Sunnen MAN-845 oalternative in a pinch - needed for rushed job - any help appreciated

    I had an idea of draining my parts wash tank, which has an in-line screw on hydraulic filter like an automotive style filter. Run the old homing oil through that system and let it filter out as best I can, then maybe add 5 gallons of AW32….. Maybe that could get me by until next week Sent...
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    Sunnen MAN-845 oalternative in a pinch - needed for rushed job - any help appreciated

    Hello everybody, I'm going to say up front I'm not trying to avoid buying MAN-850 oil from Sunnen. I picked up an old hone a while ago and I have the mandrels and stones to do a few jobs for a customer this weekend. The customer really needs this job done ASAP. My problem is that the oil in...
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    Potential advantages to flat belt drives in a modern job shop?

    Can you think of any advantages to older flat belt machines being used in a modern job shop for the repair work industry? Obviously there are many drawbacks: 1) Slower material removal rates than geared head machines 2) Older equipment has lower speed ranges and inability to perform metric...
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    I tried an old time LARD OIL recipe for cutting steels....

    Most of us who have read the old Machinist publications have probably seen mention of Lard Oil and "Lard Mineral Oil" as a cutting fluid recommended for steel. I've been curious about it for a long time, and so I decided to educational purposes to try it out. Yes, I'm sure its much better to...
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    Job shop owners - Should I add a S.B. Heavy 10 to my shop?

    I decided against adding it to my shop. I took the money from the sale of my previous small lathe and put it into accessories for my 14x40 machine. Now my 14x40 will be the small lathe of the shop rather than a 10 or 12” machine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Job shop owners - Should I add a S.B. Heavy 10 to my shop?

    I’m into basically the same stuff, other than the truck drive lines Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Job shop owners - Should I add a S.B. Heavy 10 to my shop?

    Good afternoon, I recently got a lead on a very nice late model USA Heavy 10 with quite a bit of tooling. I'm tight on cash as I just recently took my shop full time and I don't have a huge amount of cash flow yet. Anyway, my shop consists of a 14x40 lathe, a Bridgeport Series 1, Sunnen hone...
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    Chandler-Duplex Facing Head, Model D, Reconditioning

    25 minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner really freshened it up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Chandler-Duplex Facing Head, Model D, Reconditioning

    I have viewed some of the older posts about Chandler-Duplex facing heads, which encouraged me to try finding one on eBay. I know it’s never going to be a Narex or Wohlhaupter, but I’m hoping it can be useful for facing combustion chambers on some small engines, power sports and other niche...
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    Lead Paint on vintage machine tools

    In this instance I chose to lightly scrape off the flakes, after thoroughly soaking them with purple power to keep things wet. This also helped remove any dirt and sludge because of the purple power. I also used a P100 mask. I chose not to sand the surfaces but just paint over what remained...

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